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    Kr
    krypton.
  • KR
    KR
    king's rook.
  • kr.
    kr.
    abbreviation
    kreutzer.
  • Kr.
    Kr.
    abbreviation
    (in Sweden and the Faeroe Islands) krona; kronor.
  • kr
    kr
    abbreviation
    Republic of Korea

Kr

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.

  1. krypton.

KR 2 American  
Chess.

  1. king's rook.

kr. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. kreutzer.

  2. krona; kronor.

  3. króna; krónur.

  4. krone; kroner.

Kr. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in Sweden and the Faeroe Islands) krona; kronor.

  2. (in Iceland) króna; krónur.

  3. (in Denmark and Norway) krone; kroner.

Kr 1 British  

symbol

  1. currency

    1. krona

    2. krone

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symbol

  1. krypton

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kr. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. krona

  2. krone

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KR 3 British  

symbol

  1. king's rook

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kr 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Republic of Korea

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Example Sentences

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The group have been able to directly observe Kr atoms exiting fullerene cages to form a one-dimensional gas.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2024

Why do the boiling points of the noble gases increase in the order He < Ne < Ar < Kr < Xe?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

After a while, the Kyssen 10 Kr women drifted in.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 3, 2016

Ryle said the consortium didn't have any members in Iceland but ultimately signed up an independent journalist, Johannes Kr.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2016

But the first letters looked like Kr, and Joseph wondered if this was the same ship that had sunk in the painting downstairs.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

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